Word: program
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...McCavana says that he would like Harvard to adopt other school's strategy of having a summer program specifically for minorities...
...will be government. The plan is to educate students through a combination of a classical liberal arts curriculum (which, according to their Web site, consists of "Bible, logic, rhetoric, composition, Latin, western civilization, American history, and a great books study of English and American literature") and a clinical experience program working on Capitol Hill with members of Congress. PHC wants to create a new generation of politicians out of home-schoolers...
...producer-director's speech, sponsored by the Office for the Arts' "Learning From Performers" program, followed an introduction by Brad Rouse '95, an aspiring director who became Prince's assistant soon after graduating from Dunster House four years...
...began the seventh and final year of the Radcliffe Science Alliance. Besieged by the three letter F-words FAP, FOP and FUP, the Science Alliance stood alone amongst first-year programs as an academically oriented experience. In particular, the Alliance offered 40 incoming female first-years the opportunity to become acquainted with the resources and support network available to women in the sciences at Harvard. Touring chemistry labs by day and stargazing by night, the participants received early exposure to a wide range of facilities and opportunities on campus and in the Boston area. Some of the workshops were geared...
Opposition to the continuation of the program seems based in the fear that it will be perceived as discriminatory against men, leaving Harvard open to lawsuits for violation of Title IX of the 1972 Educational Amendments. This law stipulates that universities and colleges must offer men and women equal educational opportunities. While other schools like Dartmouth and Brown have continued women-only programs despite the possibility of such lawsuits, the Harvard administration has been unwilling to consider following their lead...